Arthur Reutenauer wrote:

i. e., break between any “ng” in the middle of a word.

Not convinced, Arthur.  Some would write (e.g.,) 北京人 (Běijīngrén) as one word, not two (cf. recent discussions on Pinyin in Language Log).  I would view the potential breakpoints when so written as Běi-jīng-rén, not Běijīn-grén.

** Phil.
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